Copyright: Saturday, January 04, 2003 15:51:31


Provides a space to type the name of the computer running Services for Macintosh that Macintosh users see. Note that you must restart File Server for Macintosh for this change to take effect.


Displays the message that Macintosh users will see when they log on to the computer running Services for Macintosh. You can type up to 199 characters.


Specifies whether Macintosh users can save their passwords on their computers. Note that this makes the computer running Services for Macintosh less secure.


Specifies unlimited simultaneous client connections to the computer running File Server for Macintosh. (The number of simultaneous client connections is limited only by the network media.)


Limits the number of simultaneous client connections to the computer running File Server for Macintosh. Limiting the number of simultaneous client connections will improve performance.


Provides a space to type the number of simultaneous connections you want to have to the computer running File Server for Macintosh.


Provides a space to type the extension that you want to associate with a Macintosh creator and type. You can also click the arrow to select an extension.


Associates the specified extension with the selection in With Macintosh Document Creator and Type.


Adds a creator, type, and description to the list.


Click to change the description of the selected creator and type in With Macintosh Document Creator and Type.


Deletes the selected creator and type.


Provides a space to type a message to Macintosh users connected to the AppleTalk network. You can type up to 199 characters.


Send the message to all Macintosh users connected to the computer running Services for Macintosh.


You can see the AppleTalk printing devices that are available in each AppleTalk zone.

1	In AppleTalk Printing Devices, select a zone.

2	If needed, double-click the zone name to see the printing devices in it.

3	Double-click a printing device, and then click OK.


Capturing an AppleTalk printing device means that Macintosh users send their print jobs through the computer running Services for Macintosh. Releasing a captured printing device means that the Macintosh users who print to it directly will not get the benefit of spooling on the computer running Services for Macintosh. Also, print jobs sent to a released printing device are not under the control of the system administrator.

To avoid confusion, system administrators may not want both the physical printer and the print queue visible to Macintosh users. Capture Device stops the physical printer from broadcasting on the network as an AppleTalk device. Then Macintosh users only see the print queue.

There are three ways to configure the port:

Do nothing, and Macintosh users will see the physical device.

If you do not share a printing device and do not capture it, Macintosh users will see it by its original AppleTalk name.

Create a shared print queue targeting the AppleTalk printer, and the print queue will be seen by Macintosh users.

If you share a printer but do not capture it, Macintosh users will see the printing device by both names: the AppleTalk name and the name you designated in the Printer Properties dialog box.

Create, share, and capture the physical device, and Macintosh users will see only the print queue.

For a printing device to be seen by both x86-based and Macintosh clients, it must be shared and captured. (To share a printer, open the Printers folder, and then use the Printer Properties dialog box.) Macintosh users will see the name you designate in the Printer Name option in the Printer Properties dialog box.

You can release or recapture the printing device by clearing or selecting the one option, as appropriate, in the AppleTalk Port Configuration dialog box.


Lists the available types of authentication the server will accept when it receives an authentication request from a client computer.


Specifies and provides a space to type a description for the document type.


Lists the available file type associations.


Click a Macintosh creator and type you want to associate with the selected file name extension.


Lists the available creator associations.


Provides a space to type a password for this Macintosh volume.


Specifies whether the Macintosh volume is read-only.


Specifies whether guests can use this Macintosh volume.


Total number of connections made to the computer running Services for Macintosh.


Total number of streams opened on the computer running Services for Macintosh.


Totals number of locks that are currently being held on files residing on the computer running Services for Macintosh. Holding a lock on a file prevents other workstation clients from reading or writing data to that file.